Politifact.com: Statements from Rahm Emanuelhttp://www.politifact.com/personalities/rahm-emanuel/Statements from Rahm Emanuel reviewed by Politifact.comen-usThu, 25 Aug 2016 19:07:16 -0400Rahm Emanuel - Emanuel scores well on CPS testhttp://www.politifact.com/illinois/statements/2016/aug/25/rahm-emanuel/emanuel-scores-well-cps-test/The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Emanuel scores well on CPS test
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<p>In June, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner called some Chicago Public Schools &quot;crumbling prisons,&quot; and then five-year-old emails from when he was in private business revealed he&rsquo;d also called principals &quot;managerially incompetent&quot; and half its teachers &quot;virtually illiterate.&quot; Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel could not let the moment pass, even as he said he was accepting Rauner&rsquo;s apology for the remarks. At a press event after Rauner&rsquo;s email comments were released, Emanuel used the opportunity to boast about CPS students&rsquo; achievements. &quot;Well, let me tell you what the [Chicago Public Schools] &lsquo;crumbling prisons&rsquo; with wardens as principals and guards as teachers ...</p> <a href="/illinois/statements/2016/aug/25/rahm-emanuel/emanuel-scores-well-cps-test/">>> More</a>Thu, 25 Aug 2016 19:07:16 -0400http://www.politifact.com/illinois/statements/2016/aug/25/rahm-emanuel/emanuel-scores-well-cps-test/Rahm Emanuel - Mayor Rahm Emanuel says Chicago takes more guns off the streets than New York or L.A.http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/apr/09/rahm-emanuel/mayor-rahm-emanuel-says-chicago-takes-more-guns-st/The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Mayor Rahm Emanuel says Chicago takes more guns off the streets than New York or L.A.
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<p>New York and Los Angeles beat out Chicago as the nation&rsquo;s most populous cities. But Chicago has more guns on the streets, Mayor Rahm Emanuel told CNN. That was his answer when CNN host Jake Tapper asked on April 2, 2013: With some of the nation&rsquo;s strictest gun laws, why are your homicide rates still so high? Without uniform gun policies &mdash; say, in neighboring Indiana and Wisconsin &mdash; weapons still flow, Emanuel said. &quot;We take more guns off the streets than New York or L.A.,&quot; he said. Emanuel, who formerly was President Barack Obama&#39;s&nbsp; White House chief of staff, ...</p> <a href="/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/apr/09/rahm-emanuel/mayor-rahm-emanuel-says-chicago-takes-more-guns-st/">>> More</a>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:16:16 -0400http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/apr/09/rahm-emanuel/mayor-rahm-emanuel-says-chicago-takes-more-guns-st/Rahm Emanuel - Rahm Emanuel says Romney asked for welfare work waiver in Massachusettshttp://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/sep/06/rahm-emanuel/rahm-emanuel-says-romney-asked-welfare-work-waiver/The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Rahm Emanuel says Romney asked for welfare work waiver in Massachusetts
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<p>Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, President Barack Obama&rsquo;s former chief of staff, jumped into the fray over welfare work requirements during an appearance Sunday on Meet the Press. Emanuel also served as a senior adviser to President Bill Clinton during welfare reform in 1996. The reform law transformed welfare from an indefinite entitlement to temporary assistance that required people to eventually join the workforce. That&rsquo;s what the changes Obama announced this summer are also aimed at, Emanuel said, by giving states flexibility in how they move welfare recipients into employment. The work rule reforms, ...</p> <a href="/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/sep/06/rahm-emanuel/rahm-emanuel-says-romney-asked-welfare-work-waiver/">>> More</a>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 19:41:32 -0400http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/sep/06/rahm-emanuel/rahm-emanuel-says-romney-asked-welfare-work-waiver/Rahm Emanuel - Emanuel says BP apologist Rep. Barton would be chair of Energy and Commerce if GOP regains Househttp://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/jun/23/rahm-emanuel/emanuel-says-bp-apologist-rep-barton-would-be-chai/The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Emanuel says BP apologist Rep. Barton would be chair of Energy and Commerce if GOP regains House
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<p>With many Republican leaders distancing themselves from Rep. Joe Barton&rsquo;s apology to BP (including Barton), Democrats have been quick to point out that Barton isn&rsquo;t any old congressman. He&rsquo;s the ranking Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee that oversees the oil industry. Imagine, some Democrats have warned, what would happen if Republicans won control of the House in midterm elections. White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel alluded to that on ABC&#39;s This Week on June 20, 2010,&nbsp;when he warned &quot;the ranking Republican (Barton) would have oversight into the energy industry, and if the Republicans were the majority, ...</p> <a href="/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/jun/23/rahm-emanuel/emanuel-says-bp-apologist-rep-barton-would-be-chai/">>> More</a>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:54:42 -0400http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/jun/23/rahm-emanuel/emanuel-says-bp-apologist-rep-barton-would-be-chai/Rahm Emanuel - Bush asked for change at General Motors and gave Obama the ability to rescind loanshttp://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/jun/21/rahm-emanuel/bush-asked-change-general-motors-gave-obama/The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Bush asked for change at General Motors and gave Obama the ability to rescind loans
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<p>A repeated criticism of President Barack Obama&#39;s administration is that it has interfered too much with American companies. That criticism came up again in connection with the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, after President Obama successfully got BP to set up a $20 billion fund to compensate people who have lost their livelihoods because of the spill. Jake Tapper, host of ABC News&#39; This Week, asked White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel about the charge when Emanuel appeared on the show on June 20, 2010. &quot;What do you say when ...</p> <a href="/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/jun/21/rahm-emanuel/bush-asked-change-general-motors-gave-obama/">>> More</a>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:12:14 -0400http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/jun/21/rahm-emanuel/bush-asked-change-general-motors-gave-obama/Rahm Emanuel - $5 trillion added to national debt under Bushhttp://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/jan/22/rahm-emanuel/5-trillion-added-national-debt-under-bush/The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | $5 trillion added to national debt under Bush
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<p>We know the public debt has grown dramatically during the past eight years. Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama&#39;s White House chief of staff, pegged the increase at $4 trillion recently. Emanuel appeared on Meet the Press the Sunday before Obama took office and was asked about Obama&#39;s spending plans and whether he was concerned about adding even more to the national debt. Emanuel began by pointing out that the national debt increased significantly during the Bush administration, then he defended the need for a stimulus bill to help the economy. &quot;Actually, there was a surplus at one time, and ...</p> <a href="/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/jan/22/rahm-emanuel/5-trillion-added-national-debt-under-bush/">>> More</a>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:26:56 -0500http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/jan/22/rahm-emanuel/5-trillion-added-national-debt-under-bush/